I35
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That would be my Dad and his wife. She's not as extreme as my Dad. We haven't spoken politics for years because it's just best for our relationship. Something has changed recently when I called him in Colorado on Father's day. He brought up politics and to my surprise it was a great conversation.
He has voted in every election starting with John Kennedy and has voted Democrat only. Yes, he's voted for Carter, Mondale, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, and even Obama. He told me that he is not certain what he is going to do this election but his only option is Romney or not vote at all. He said he probably won't be able to bring himself to actually vote for a Republican and will mostlikely not vote. He said the only certainty is he's not going to vote for Obama again. I told him (taking a chance on our discussion going sour) that what we are seeing with Obama is that he is a radical left and is staying there instead of floating toward the middle. I told my dad that even though Obama doesn't even understand the basics of economics, his biggest problem is he's sticking with the left's idealogy that has proven over and over that it doesn't work. He disagreed and believes the failure of this dem in office is because of Obama only. He believes once he's out of office that the next dem will get us back on track. He couldn't be more wrong. The success of the Dem Presidents in the past that have done well is because they came to the middle and were successful (Clinton).
As far as my step mom, she now claims she will vote for Romney to do her part of getting Obama out of office. She is now an independent. She said she is done with both sides. I'm guessing she will be a democrat again once Obama is out of office.
With this said, this is why I believe Obama has no chance in hell in getting re-elected. If he lost my dad who was a strong believer in him in 2008, there are millions closer to the miiddle that BHO has lost as well. History shows that the polls most of the time favor the dems and the actual votes don't match what the pollsters say. So if the polls are saying BHO ahead of Romney, that really means it's a tie. If they show they're tied, it means Romney is actually in the lead. The last election was the recall in Wisconsin where Walker was polling to be in a tight race only for the results show he won overwelmingly. Nov 2012 can't get here soon enough.
He has voted in every election starting with John Kennedy and has voted Democrat only. Yes, he's voted for Carter, Mondale, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, and even Obama. He told me that he is not certain what he is going to do this election but his only option is Romney or not vote at all. He said he probably won't be able to bring himself to actually vote for a Republican and will mostlikely not vote. He said the only certainty is he's not going to vote for Obama again. I told him (taking a chance on our discussion going sour) that what we are seeing with Obama is that he is a radical left and is staying there instead of floating toward the middle. I told my dad that even though Obama doesn't even understand the basics of economics, his biggest problem is he's sticking with the left's idealogy that has proven over and over that it doesn't work. He disagreed and believes the failure of this dem in office is because of Obama only. He believes once he's out of office that the next dem will get us back on track. He couldn't be more wrong. The success of the Dem Presidents in the past that have done well is because they came to the middle and were successful (Clinton).
As far as my step mom, she now claims she will vote for Romney to do her part of getting Obama out of office. She is now an independent. She said she is done with both sides. I'm guessing she will be a democrat again once Obama is out of office.
With this said, this is why I believe Obama has no chance in hell in getting re-elected. If he lost my dad who was a strong believer in him in 2008, there are millions closer to the miiddle that BHO has lost as well. History shows that the polls most of the time favor the dems and the actual votes don't match what the pollsters say. So if the polls are saying BHO ahead of Romney, that really means it's a tie. If they show they're tied, it means Romney is actually in the lead. The last election was the recall in Wisconsin where Walker was polling to be in a tight race only for the results show he won overwelmingly. Nov 2012 can't get here soon enough.
